The Emperor's Dragon II

Unwelcome Changes

In the future, Mirai would be thankful he was alone in his office when he first saw the footage from Tartarus. The sight of a huge, green dragon made him feel physically sick, and he only just got to his wastebasket in time. The basket was one of the open mesh affairs but the cleaners had, thankfully, lined it so his vomit was contained.

Still spitting into the basket he looked back at the screen.

That thing was dead... well not dead but it wasn't meant to exist.

His vision had changed! It had not been at Kamino. It had not killed Toshinori.

But...

There it was. At Tartarus.

He didn't get to see much more because the camera shorted out. The dragon hadn't destroyed it, one of the other things, the Nomu, had but he'd seen enough. Sir Nighteye swallowed hard, and reached for some water, delicately sipping to wash the acrid taste from his mouth.

He put the basket down but his stomach still roiled uncomfortably.

Mirai closed his eyes, recalling his vision from ... not that long ago really. The details were still clear in his mind. The Dragon was in Kamino. All For One had been controlling it and there had been blood on the Dragon's claws and fangs before the day was over.

Then he forced himself to forget the Dragon and looked at the surroundings. When Mirai came out of his memory induced vision he had several reference points. Slowly, he lifted his eyes back to the screen and went through the video until he had a wide shot. Then he froze it, and studied the image. He wasn't looking for the Dragon, he was looking for those reference places.

It was possible... barely possible that his vision had been of-

No, it wasn't! None of the reference places were there and in his vision he recognised things that made him know it was Kamino. The footage from Tartarus was similar with the level of destruction but it was not the same.

Besides, Toshinori was here, at UA and it would take at least two hours to get to Tartarus even if Yagi left now. And he hadn't and wouldn't because this was historical footage. Only from this morning but the battle was already over.

Ignoring the smell was slightly challenging but Nighteye was a professional as he thought about the implications.

He'd thought, with his Kamino vision changing that the dragon had ... well, he couldn't be sure it had died but he had thought it hadn't been created, or that the attempt had killed the poor soul who was at the base. The footage from Tartarus proved him wrong there. And he hadn't seen All For One in the images. He couldn't.

A rough timeline had been worked out for the assault on Tartarus and one thing was clear, when that footage was taken, All For One was safely, and securely in his cell. It wasn't until later that he'd been released.

His computer chimed and Mirai looked to the corner to see who was calling.

Nezu.

So potentially Toshinori was with him. Yagi would want to go to Tartarus and Mirai would agree it was a good idea, but not now, not yet. Mirai accepted the call. The image came through was not what he expected. Nezu wasn't alone but he wasn't with Toshinori. Sir Nighteye recognised Aizawa in the background and two students. One was Inasa, and the other had dark purple hair. He was sitting behind Aizawa... Ah! Aizawa's HPSC appointed apprentice.

"I'm a little busy," he told Nezu. He really didn't have time for social calls.

The principal gave him a smile. "Has anyone figured out where the Rabbit Hero is?" the rat asked.